Creating Innovative Rules for Ancient and Medieval Tabletop Combat

Hoplites

Trying the viability of using immortal miniatures hoplites for Flower of battle: Lochagos. I like that the shields are not too tiny — but unfortunately some of them end up being way to large for what most hoplites would have carried. I actually had to file down one of aspides (round shields). I will continue doing that to the rest of those types of shields. The boeotian shields is also on the large side but too difficult to change much.

I like the realistic proportions but some of the wrists are too wide and the torso often look a bit too thin. Some of the shins look way too wide. Probably because the sculptor put on a large blob of green-stuff on existing shins when creating the shin-guards instead of, for instance, just adding the outlines of the shin-guards. Nevertheless there is much to like about these too. I will have to wait and see how the Victrix hoplites look like in person before deciding which brand to go with.